Snails, Evolution, Exctinction and… um, Un-Extinction?
Why are invertebrates, and in particular snails, useful in evolution studies? Children around the world love their dinosaurs. Most know that they lived a long time ago – tens of…
Why are invertebrates, and in particular snails, useful in evolution studies? Children around the world love their dinosaurs. Most know that they lived a long time ago – tens of…
Our friends over at Science Friday recently celebrated Cephalopod Week (#CephalopodWeek on Twitter) and we learned so much, from cuttlefish care to playing music through a squid. We…
Along with most of America, we saw Maleficent at the movies and were impressed by the sight of those incredible wings and the beauty of a person flying like a…
News and views that caught our attention, near and far. The Planet: Fire and Rain In Wyoming a massive supercell thunderstorm looked more like CGI than the real thing. A…
Today is World Turtle Day, and we’ve compiled some of our favorite photos and twenty fascinating facts about these amazing creatures. Turtles are one of the oldest types of reptile…
Our local family of foxes has moved on. We are suffering from empty den syndrome and so are coping with a rainy, foxless Saturday with a fox quiz. Scroll down…
Last Thanksgiving, we wrote about a pair of beavers who moved in a built a lodge on our pond. Our research told us where there are two beavers in fall…
We saw foxes last year and they are back again – a new generation. Just behind our house is a den that hosts a family of seven: Mother, Father, and…
Spring means Easter, and Easter means bunnies. Here’s a quiz about the fuzzy kind – maybe we should do another one about the chocolate kind! Scroll down for answers. 1….
In honor of National Pet Day, we offer you the Tumblehome Pet Quiz. Scroll down for answers. 1. Which of the following purebred dogs is not among the five most…